Eir’s Hymns.
Of course, Killian knew about it. It was the song that had been buried deep in the history of the Sirens, the song that was rumoured to create a magic so divine that it could heal almost every malady. Whether it was poison or a congenital disease. There was not a single disease that the song couldn’t heal.
However, this song had been lost in the pages of history, and no one had ever been able to rewrite it. Many sirens had tried to fill in the lost stanzas, but they had failed in perfecting it; so even went crazy when they wasted years rewriting the song only for it to fail.
"You don’t have to take a risk so dangerous," Killian tightened his hold on her and whispered. "Though I have never seen a siren going crazy, I have heard a lot about sirens going crazy trying to rewrite the hymn. Don’t try to push yourself too hard."
Inez smiled at him gently. She reached out and cupped his cheek before saying to him, "I have to write the hymn either way. I promised you that I would treat Selene, and that’s why you brought here in your pack. I cannot break that promise."
When Killian heard her response, he clenched his jaw. Though he wanted to say that she didn’t have to, he couldn’t. Because he cared about Selene just as much as he cared about Inez, he couldn’t protect one and give up on another.
Inez knew what Killian was thinking. She said to him, "There is no need for you to think too much. Be optimistic; maybe I will be the first siren who will be able to rewrite the hymn and perfect it?"
Killian tried to smile, but he was worried. He said, "You can try, but if it gets too much, you can stop. Sel is doing better with your healing, and goddess forbid, if she never gets better, it’s alright as long as her condition doesn’t deteriorate."
"But she is your sister," Inez said with a frown. "Naturally, you would want her to get better, right?"
"I do," Killian replied as he swallowed hard. "I really do. Fuck, I want nothing more than her getting better but I can’t lose you." He added softly. He cupped her face with his hands and said in a desperate and clingy voice, "I don’t know how it happened, Inez... I can’t explain it either, but you have beco a part of my life that I don’t want to lose. So you better not leave or I swear I will do sothing crazy."
Inez didn’t know how to feel about it.
She thought Killian would appreciate it and maybe even urge her to complete the song. Though he liked her and even fancied her enough, she knew that she could never beco more important to him than his family. However, Killian had surprised her once again.
He wanted to save Selene, but not at the cost of losing her, and that—that honestly did sothing to her.
There were soft and warm currents in her belly, and she couldn’t help but feel giddy.
In the past, when she was at the Venus pack, Inez had tried to understand Dominic’s actions. Thinking and believing that it was all due to the death of his sister that he was treating her so cruelly. But only now did she realise that maybe she never ant anything to him.
Because if she did, then hurting her might have hurt Dominic just as much.
**
"Where are you two going?"
Inez paused and turned to look at Nyx, who was walking down the rocky trail. The woman was holding a bouquet in her hands and looked rather pleased with herself.
"We—"
"Are going on a walk," replied Selene with a calm smile. She interrupted Inez from telling Nyx that they were going shopping and tilted her head to one side. "What about you? Where did you co from?"
Nyx smiled sweetly as she replied, "Oh, nowhere. You know how the enforcers of the pack just keep confessing to . This was given to by Ajax. He told that he wants to take to dinner. Isn’t he sweet? Like, who brings flowers to ask a she-lycan for dinner? I would have agreed if he had just asked ."
Inez looked at the red roses that Nyx was holding in her hands and pursed her lips. If she was being honest, Ajax didn’t look like soone who would give a woman flowers.
"What do you think, Inez?"
Upon hearing Nyx’s voice, Inez gathered her thoughts and looked at the woman with a hint of confusion in her eyes. "About what?"
"What do you think about these red roses? Aren’t they cute?" Nyx asked as she took a sniff of the flowers.
"They are beautiful; I have never seen roses as red as these."
"They are, aren’t they? n always try to give the best things. I wonder why that is?" Nyx softly chuckled. She looked down at the bouquet that she was holding and mused, "But I am more of a chocolate lover. I still rember the last ti Laxus brought those chocolates; they have always been on my mind." She turned to look at Selene and questioned, "Do you rember the na of those chocolates, Sel? I am thinking of purchasing them, but I cannot."
Inez felt Selene stiffen next to her. However, the woman still smiled at Nyx and said to her, "I am sorry. But I do not rember them either; you will have to ask Lax about the na of those chocolates, Nyx."
Nyx nodded as if she understood. She then raised her hand and summoned a submissive lycan who walked over with his head lowered.
"How may I help you, Miss Nyx?" the man asked with a polite tone.
"Take these flowers and place them in the vase on the windowsill next to my bed," replied Nyx as she turned to look at Selene and Inez. "I forgot to ask you, Sel. Did you try the dresses that I gave you?"
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